Skip the lectures
Trump is having a sulk about his boring homework of going to stinky old CANADA when he hates Canada and would much rather watch tv and eat ice cream.
The president has vented privately about Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as their trade tensions have spilled into public view. He has mused about finding new ways to punish the United States’ northern neighbor in recent days, frustrated with the country’s retaliatory trade moves.
To…punish Canada? For what? For Trudeau not saying “how high?” when Trump says “jump”?
And Trump has complained to aides about spending two days in Canada for a summit of world leaders, believing the trip is a distraction from his upcoming Singapore summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with Trump’s views.
Distraction from…what? Making scowly faces in the mirror? What’s Trump paying attention to in connection with his get-together with Kim? We know it’s not anything to do with knowledge or understanding, so what is it?
In particular, the president said Tuesday to several advisers that he fears attending the Group of Seven summit in rural Charlevoix, Quebec, may not be a good use of his time because he is diametrically opposed on many key issues with his counterparts — and does not want to be lectured by them.
Of course he doesn’t. He wants to be left in peace in his state of imperturbable ignorance. He doesn’t want to have to talk to people who know more than he does. Knowledge, to him, represents “the swamp,” and he won’t find anybody at the G 7 who can come close to his limpid pure intact state of emptiness.
Additionally, Trump has griped periodically both about German Chancellor Angela Merkel — largely because they disagree on many issues and have had an uneasy rapport — as well as British Prime Minister Theresa May, whom he sees as too politically correct, advisers say.
Also? They are both women. Uggggh. How dare those bitches try to lecture him? It’s Crooked Hillary and Pocahontas all over again.
Trump is a homebody president, preferring to sleep in the White House — or at one of his signature properties — than in hotels, so he is generally reluctant to take long journeys. Furthermore, he prefers visiting places where he is feted — such as on his trips last year to Beijing, Paris and the Saudi capital — over attending summits where the attending leaders are treated as equals.
That’s a damning fact. It’s self-evidently true, but it’s damning. He wants to strut around playing Big Dick at all times, not be just one of a bunch of colleagues.
In place of the “He” that starts this sentence, insert name of any Trump supporter. All the Trump supporters I’ve met are in this same general condition.
As for it being a distraction from the Singapore summit, here’s what he’s got to say about his prep work there:
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-says-doesnt-have-to-prepare-for-north-korea-summit-e3faeb05f588/
I doubt he’s going to have any worse attitude after G7; I doubt his attitudes can get much worse.
Just what I figured. Nothing to prepare; just stick your jaw out and look tuff and it’s in the bag.
Except when Trump tries to look tough, he just looks smug and arrogant, and actually laughable.
We always joke that when our terrier tries to look tough, he just looks cute. When Trump tries to look tough, he just looks boastful.
To me, the Trump tough look suggests constipation. Angry constipation.
Well, he can fucking well stay home. I don’t want him stinking up my home and native land.
Neither do we. A very small desert island would be a nice choice.
@5, is there another kind? Oh, wait, desperate…
Ophelia, that needs to be a deserted desert island – we don’t want to inflict him on another civilization that might be running along with reasonable smoothness and have him come in and mess it all up.
@9: Bikini atoll seems like a nice place….